[HK] journalists accuse two mainlanders of attack

Overstepping the line

Wednesday, 28.2.2007

“Mainland media authorities have marked out 20 forbidden areas in an attempt to promote a “harmonious” atmosphere for upcoming national and party conferences. Restrictions have been placed on coverage of historical events including the anti-rightist campaign, the Cultural Revolution and more recent events such as the ongoing anti-corruption campaign, the media freedom debate, and legal and rights protection campaigns …”. Quelle: AsiaMedia/ SCMP.

Yang Hengjun: My Publisher — The Internet.

Wednesday, 28.2.2007

As for the matter of fame, I read earlier that a German said that most mainland literature (especially novels) is trash.Â I was angry.Â Doesn’t this German know that the main culprit for creating this pile of trash was a certain German named Marx?Â Later on, someone said that this was not what that German originally meant.Â So let me add something to this: under the present publishing system in China, it is difficult to have any good works that touches upon literature per se, never mind great works.Â Meanwhile certain works that attempt to curry favor with those in power are not just trash, but they are poisonous trash. Quelle: Boxun News

China’s highest court to order provinces to retry death sentences

Wednesday, 28.2.2007

“The new regulation will guarantee that death sentences are handed out with caution by ordering retrials, which will also improve the efficiency of SPC (China’s Supreme People’s Court) death penalty reviews,” a SPC spokesman told Xinhua Tuesday. Quelle: Xinhua

MP fears Japan may become mainland province

Wednesday, 28.2.2007

A senior Tokyo lawmaker said Japan could become just another Chinese province in the future given Beijing’s increasing military capabilities, prompting strong reaction from Beijing. The comments by Shoichi Nakagawa, policy chief of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, could hurt the improving ties between the Asian neighbors after Abe’s fence-mending trip to Beijing last October. Quelle: The Standard

Anniversary of deadly Taiwan riot

Wednesday, 28.2.2007

The event was an uprising that began on 28 February 1947, sparked by the beating of a female vendor by authorities for selling untaxed cigarettes. Between 18,000 and 28,000 people are said to have been killed in riots and a subsequent crackdown. Quelle: BBC Dazu auch Ã¼ber die Rolle von Xie Xuehong: Beijing stages blitz to reclaim heroine.Quelle: The Standard

Western collectors and dealers are descending on China like a swarm of annoying and aimless flies

The return of Confucius

Tuesday, 27.2.2007

A savvy Chinese academic [Yu Dan] has become a national sensation with her re-reading of the once-spurned philosopher’s central ideas on human values and rules of interaction. Steven Ribet explains. Quelle: The Standard.Â

Dams endanger the mighty Mekong

Can pigs fly?

Monday, 26.2.2007

Car sales have risen by 30% over the past year; sales of mobile phones and household electronics are up by 20-40%. Retail sales as a whole grew by 12.3% in real terms in the year to the fourth quarter, well ahead of GDP growth. Quelle: The Economist

Rivals Seek to Expand Freedoms in China

Sunday, 25.2.2007

â€œSome of us are waiting for a good emperor, some kind of Gorbachev, to come and fix the system,â€ Li Jianqiang said. â€œMany of the rest of us think that is a waste of time. We need to be building a civilization outside the Communist Party.â€ Quelle: NYT